This document outlines a 7-step recipe for automating continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) using OpenStack private clouds, highlighting the benefits of a fully automated process. It emphasizes improved developer efficiency, high-quality code delivery, and resource management through end-to-end automation. The document also features the speakers' backgrounds and encourages readers to try the Platform9 service for CI/CD automation.

1. Bich Le
Co-founder, Chief
Architect
7-Step Recipe for Continuous
Integration Using OpenStack
Private Clouds Made Easy
Madhura Maskasky,
Co-founder, VP Product

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• Benefits of 100% automated CI/CD
• Role of OpenStack in CI/CD automation
• Process
• Ingredients (Requirements)
• Recipe (7-Step Procedure to automate your CI/CD
workflow with OpenStack)
• Q & A
Agenda
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Speaker Bio
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Madhura Maskasky
• Co-founder, VP of Product at Platform9
• Previously: Staff Engineer at VMware (7 years),
Oracle, Microsoft, Stanford University
• Technical lead for multiple VMware products
Bich Le
• Co-founder, Chief Architect
• Previously: Principal Engineer at VMware (14 years)
• Architect for key VMware products - P2V
migration, virtual device mgmt, vApp mgmt

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• Key metrics for a SaaS company - ship early/ship
often
• Having high confidence in the quality of code is
critical
• 100% automated CI/CD process means:
• Ship high quality code - early and often
• Developer efficiency
• Encourages a culture of test-driven development
Importance of CI/CD Automation
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5. What Benefits Does OpenStack Offer for
an automated CI/CD?
Private Clouds Made Easy

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• Set your desired level of over-subscription for CPU,
Memory, Storage
• Continuously monitor allocation/utilization
• Actual VM placement is 100% automated, per your policies
Efficient Utilization of Resources
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• Built-in constructs
useful for end-to-
end automation
• RESTful APIs and
CLIs for ease of use
End-to-end Automation
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Checkout
VM Image
Inject SSH
keys
Tag VM
Inject chef/
puppet
Customize
VM
Snapshot

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Better Visibility/Sharing
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• DevOps has clear
visibility into
artifacts of current
running builds/
workloads
• Any instance can
be quickly
snapshotted/
logged into for
debugging

9. The Ingredients (Requirements)
Private Clouds Made Easy

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Fund your environment with sufficient resources
An OpenStack Cloud With Resources
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Specs For One Of Our Internal Env
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Vanilla VM Images
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Jenkins/Teamcity Pipeline
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• Free!
• Open Source
• There’s a plugin for
That!
• Paid
• Proprietary
• Common
functionalities are
default, out-of-box
features

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Version Control System
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• We use Git
• Benefits:
• Super fast branching
• Full history tree available
• Distributed, peer-to-peer model
• Cons:
• Complex/Initial learning curve

15. The Recipe (7-Step Procedure)
Private Clouds Made Easy

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Re-cap
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• Sign up for Platform9 free trial at
www.platform9.com
• Reach us:
• support@platform9.com
• @Platform9Sys
Summary
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Q & A
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